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Challenger Middle School

624 Trafalgar Pkwy

Tel: (239)242-4341

Challenger Middle School serves 1,088 students in grades 6-8.
The student:teacher ratio of 17:1 is higher than the FL average of 16:1.
Minority enrollment is 39% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is less than the state average of 60%.
Challenger Middle School operates within the Lee School District.

The student population of 1088 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The teacher population of 65 teachers has stayed relatively flat over five years.

The student:teacher ratio of 17:1 has stayed the same over five years.
The school's diversity score of 0.54 is more than the state average of 0.46. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five years.

	This School	(FL) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	17:1	16:1

Asian	1%	3%

Hispanic	30%	31%

Black	6%	23%

White	61%	40%

Hawaiian	n/a	n/a

Two or more races	2%	3%

All Ethnic Groups
Diversity Score The chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group. Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity score closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body.	0.54	0.46

Eligible for Free Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	53%	53%

Eligible for Reduced Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	10%	5%

Lee School District's student population of 88,938 students has grown by 6% over five years.
The revenue/student of $9,691 in this district is less than the state average of $12,021. The district revenue/student has declined by 10% over four years.
The district's spending/student of $10,113 is less than the state average of $12,230. The district spending/student has declined by 10% over four years.

School District Name	Lee School District
Number of Schools Managed	120	22
Number of Students Managed	88,938	10,184

District Total Revenue	$847 MM	$122 MM

District Spending	$884 MM	$125 MM

District Revenue / Student	$9,691	$12,021

District Spending / Student	$10,113	$12,230

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